LINDA CORTILE: Abducted By Aliens, Then Kidnapped By The Men Who Saw It
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime StoriesShow Notes
Early on November 30th, 1989, Linda Cortile says gray beings floated her out of her 12th-floor window in lower Manhattan and into a hovering craft, and two security men later told abduction researcher Budd Hopkins they'd watched it happen from their car near the Brooklyn Bridge.
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FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: I’ll share a heartbreaking story of love gone wrong. It's a tale of passion, betrayal, murder, and the electric chair. (Love And The Electric Chair) *** The terrifying true story of the abduction of Linda Cortile – was she truly abucted by aliens or is there another explanation? (The Abduction of Linda Cortile) *** A man keeps seeing shadowy figures in his peripheral vision. (Her Feet Were Swinging) *** They say the widow's ghost lingers in the tower of the Drish House - and sets the house ablaze with phantom fire. (The Drish House Hauntings) * It is said that some hundred years ago, people in Jamaica believed the powers of so-called “Shadow Killers” - but who or what were they? (The Shadow Killers of Jamaica) *** Fifteen acres of land purchased by the city of Long Beach, California in 1976 is what comprises a place known as DeForest Park. By day it is filled with sun, sand, and fun. By night, it is filled with shudders, scares, and screams. (The Darkness of DeForest Park) *** Friends were planning for a good time of dirt biking, hunting, and drinking beer. They should never have visited the cemetery. (The Haunted Farmstead) *** Two women walking home in the twilight come across the ghost of a woman dead for the past year. *** A man tells the terrifying story of how he was possessed by a demon. *** Two girls discover that even if you don’t believe a legend of ghostly children, you still shouldn’t tease them. *** If you vacation at Carlsbad Lagoon, you’ll need something stronger than sunscreen to protect you. *** Traumatic events can sometimes trigger poltergeist activity, but for one young girl, the torment seemed to have no end. *** The hills of Northern Chile are not safe for men walking alone at night. A female spirit known as La Lola stalks the night, lost and enraged over the murder of her husband. *** Glowing eyes in the dark, a man in a dark suit, and a party in the other room… none of which are real, except to two young girls who swear it actually happened. *** Lehigh, Oklahoma – with the dark past of gangsters, the KKK, a corrupt sheriff… and the paranormal. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:00:58.241 = Show Open 00:04:17.776 = The Alien Abduction of Linda Cortile 00:14:07.986 = The Drish Hauntings *** 00:18:39.014 = The Darkness of DeForest Park 00:22:19.808 = The Haunted Farmstead 00:30:13.021 = The Shadow Killers of Jamaica *** 00:35:52.020 = Her Feet Were Swinging 00:40:01.137 = Love And The Electric Chair 00:49:28.171 = My First Spooky Experience *** 00:54:25.482 = The Haunting of Laura 01:04:28.440 = The Ghostly Kids of Hungry Hollow Road *** 01:07:07.740 = I Was Possessed By a Demon 01:10:47.811 = The Woman In The Blue Sari 01:13:13.484 = Carlsbad Lagoon 01:16:49.012 = La Lola, The Vengeful Female Spirit of Northern Chile 01:20:41.489 = Haunted Lehigh, Oklahoma *** 01:26:23.165 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Love And The Electric Chair” by Troy Taylor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/y9x5dszv “The Abduction of Linda Cortile” by Les Hewitt for Paranorms.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1s7n41oz “Her Feet Were Swinging” from YourGhostStories.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/504clul2 “The Drish Hauntings” by Elisabeth Tilstra for The Line Up: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2dqwhue5 “The Darkness of DeForest Park” from BackpackerVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/1x5
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